The Burning Wire
On sale
22nd July 2010
Price: £18.99
Genre
New York is being held to ransom. Manhattan’s electricity grid has been the victim of a horrific attack . . . and more are planned.
While the FBI and Homeland Security try to determine who’s behind the carnage, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault.
But all is not what it seems. Electricity can be as lethal as it is vital, and Lincoln Rhyme soon finds he’s up against a merciless killer with a unique weapon – one that can be found in everyone’s home and office.
And in the meantime, one of the few criminals to have ever slipped Rhyme’s net is under surveillance in Mexico. The deadly assassin known as the Watchmaker has set his murderous sights on innocent victims, whose identity is as yet unknown . . .
Lincoln Rhyme must race against the clock, juggling the two investigations, as they hurtle headlong toward their deadly outcomes.
While the FBI and Homeland Security try to determine who’s behind the carnage, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault.
But all is not what it seems. Electricity can be as lethal as it is vital, and Lincoln Rhyme soon finds he’s up against a merciless killer with a unique weapon – one that can be found in everyone’s home and office.
And in the meantime, one of the few criminals to have ever slipped Rhyme’s net is under surveillance in Mexico. The deadly assassin known as the Watchmaker has set his murderous sights on innocent victims, whose identity is as yet unknown . . .
Lincoln Rhyme must race against the clock, juggling the two investigations, as they hurtle headlong toward their deadly outcomes.
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Reviews
'[An] electrically charged thriller.'
Jeffery Deaver is something of a summer tradition for thriller fans, and a Lincoln Rhyme novel makes for a bumper year. The iconic detective is back for a ninth time in THE BURNING WIRE, and everything else we love is there too: New York setting, accurate to the very street - check! Pages of (literally) forensic detail - check! And a killer more devious and gruesome than even last year's - check! Deaver's pacy prose is addictive enough to result in dreadful sunburn if read on the beach, so approach with caution.
'Deaver can be relied on to deliver high tension - in this case it comes in every sense of the expression.'
'A no-holds-barred page-turner. One of the masters of the thriller art, it's no surprise Deaver's been chosen to write a new James Bond for 2011.'
'The art of writing blockbuster thrillers is not easily mastered but Deaver has it at his fingertips. One of his specialities is the out-of-left-field revelation and The Burning Wire is brimming with them.'
'Brilliant . . . it's easy to get swept up in the sheer velocity of the action'
'Ingenious plotting is combined with ample helpings of information, about both New York's infrastructure and the hero's disability'
'With 26 novels to his name Deaver is an old hand at delivering the goods . . . he still does it better than most, whacking his readers with a neat one-two plot twist as they enter the final straight.'
'Deaver is a master of misdirection and the plot will keep you guessing to the end. A powerful read indeed.'
